A large Japanese maple tree with fall foliage in a landscaped backyard. - 4nadia/Getty Images You only have to look at a Japanese maple to know why these trees are such popular additions to a garden.

Q. I have a three-year old Japanese dissected maple tree near my home. The trunk is about three and one-half inches in diameter. Very near the ground is a fork, with another about three feet up the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While most varieties of Japanese maples grow only 6 to 12 inches a year, pruning helps maintain their shape and keep them healthy.

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It’s cold and rainy but there’s still things to do in the garden if you have the inclination. For answers to your questions, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State ...

We have a beautiful red ornamental Japanese Maple tree for years and now it’s grown so much that it’s starting to cover my bathroom window. When is the best time to prune this tree, and I mean really ...

My affection for the Japanese maple shows in the number and variety of Japanese maples in my yard. I have one next to my garage door with succulents growing under it. I have two in containers around ...

In a text message this morning (Jan. 16), a concerned landscape maintenance contractor said “I’m pruning Japanese maples and I see a lot of bleeding on cuts. Any concerns?” Since I’ve known him for ...